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Editorial Japan regained its sovereignty following its defeat in World War II just over sixty years ago when Allied Occupation ended. Since then, American leaders and the general public have pointed with pride to how u.s. control over the nation resulted in the implementation of sweeping reforms that created a new and better Japan. Historians have shown, however, that although the American interlude did witness profound changes in Japan, the outcome was an incomplete transformation that many Japanese only accepted partially and some not at all. Recent events suggest that only now are the Japanese themselves forming the “New Japan” that United States thought it had created. Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has long been an advocate of Japan shedding its postwar passivity to become a “normal” nation. Early in July of this year, he sent a strong signal of Japan’s desire to define its own destiny when he announced that his government would reinterpret the u.s. -drafted anti-war Constitution to allow Japanese armed forces to assist friendly nations under attack. Coming amid fierce clashes in territorial disputes with Korea and China, this has revived memories of Japanese aggression. Japan’s behavior and how to control it, as the three articles http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American-East Asian Relations Brill

Editorial

Matray, James I.
Journal of American-East Asian Relations , Volume 21 (3): 209 – Sep 11, 2014
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Brill
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© 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Editorial
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1058-3947
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1876-5610
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10.1163/18765610-02103004
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Japan regained its sovereignty following its defeat in World War II just over sixty years ago when Allied Occupation ended. Since then, American leaders and the general public have pointed with pride to how u.s. control over the nation resulted in the implementation of sweeping reforms that created a new and better Japan. Historians have shown, however, that although the American interlude did witness profound changes in Japan, the outcome was an incomplete transformation that many Japanese only accepted partially and some not at all. Recent events suggest that only now are the Japanese themselves forming the “New Japan” that United States thought it had created. Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has long been an advocate of Japan shedding its postwar passivity to become a “normal” nation. Early in July of this year, he sent a strong signal of Japan’s desire to define its own destiny when he announced that his government would reinterpret the u.s. -drafted anti-war Constitution to allow Japanese armed forces to assist friendly nations under attack. Coming amid fierce clashes in territorial disputes with Korea and China, this has revived memories of Japanese aggression. Japan’s behavior and how to control it, as the three articles

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